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Blogcosm's Blog About Blogs

Blogcosm is a blog about blogs. Take one look at the homepage and you'll know that founder Scott Lawton is all about the data, and not so much design. His goal with Blogcosm is to take a hard and close look at the blogosphere and the data surrounding it. And what you'll get is an ongoing discussion about the raw information found through sites like Technorati, which is done so for the purposes of making all this data comprehensible for the viewing of overarching trends in the greater blogging industry.

On a basic level, you'll find sections for blog profiles, the people involved with them (from editors to CEOs), events and categories. So you'll note that Lawton isn't looking to cover just tech blogs, but pretty much all the major blogs across the board. Given Lawton's background as a data quality algorithm expert, you'll see that the majority of his content is still very much tied to the tech industry. The shopping blogs category features sites like Apple, which will still keep you pretty tight in the realm of tech, and less so towards the overall experience of shopping blogs on the web.

You'll find in depth reports regarding top blogs, complete with data compiled from sources like Technorati and Alexa, all for the purpose of discussing the underlying existence, manifestation and hope for the future regarding blogging as a whole. Just as many bloggers find their niche and become a lasting authority on a particular topic, so too is Lawton's Blogcosm looking to be the guide to our blogs.

Blogcosm has a very long way to go, and I imagine sustaining Lawton's lofty goal will require a treacherous effort as a solo gig. That's because there is a lot of stuff to cover when it comes to blogs, especially when you're spanning the entire industry of blogging and not just looking at a particular sector. This is evident by simply looking at the events section of Blogcosm, which is still very sparse.

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